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Michael Avanzato

White Shooter/Muslim Terrorist: Race and Mass Violence in the United States

Stephen Paddock, a white 64 year old man, killed at least 50 people at a Las Vegas music festival this...
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Ali Chalak

The Doueiri Affair and the Arab Intellectuals’ (Dire) State of Affairs

To the resentment of many (myself included), Doueiri resided eleven months in Israel for the purpose of directing his 2012...
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Cynthia Saghir

Has anyone ever asked Palestinians what they wanted?

Last week, Hamas, the ruling Islamic faction in Gaza, asked the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)’s President Mahmoud Abbas to resume control over the Gaza Strip. Though this seems like a momentous movement away from the hostility between Fatah and Hamas to potentially bridging a union between the West Bank and...
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Beirut Today

Saudi Women Allowed To Drive But Still Have A Long Way To Go

Easing the long-standing driving restriction would benefit more than 7 million Saudi women of working age, a quarter of the country's population.
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Thalia Arawi

Open Letter To The Lebanese Government: Justice For Our Teachers

I graduated from high school after 15 years of schooling and learning from patient, dedicated, cultured individuals. This allowed me...
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Alessa Flores Vela

A Twist of Shawarma in Mexico: One Taco de pastor, Please!

Mexican food produced outside Mexico differs exponentially  from what is actually consumed in Mexico. This is mainly due to the fact that we rarely eat the hard tacos (they don’t exist) nor the yellow cheese. Even if we do eat yellow corn, we don’t usually prepare it with our tacos....
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Mira Tfaily

Gender and Intersectionality in Lebanese Public Transport

As women, we need to normalize our presence in this vital urban space, and we need to shift the terms of debate from fears over our safety to a shared commitment to our right to the city.
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Cynthia Saghir

Internalization of Arab Inferiority: Perceiving Ourselves through the Eyes of the Other

Encountering Westerners in Beirut is just as common as facing traffic in Ras Beirut. Within these encounters, conversations take place,...
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Hossein Cheaito

Lebanon’s Forcibly Disappeared: To Forget, We Must Remember

Lebanon was recently struck with the devastating loss of eight of its soldiers who were held captive by Islamic State militants over three years ago in the outskirts of Arsal. Hussein Youssef, father of the martyr Mohammed Youssef, writes to his late son: “1120 perfectly full days, in all their...
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Alessa Flores Vela

How far is Mexico from Lebanon?

Despite the Lebanese constituting less than 5% of the foreign population in Mexico in the 1930s, they owned more than 50% of economic activities in the country.
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Rola Shayto

Doctors Should Play A Key Role in Cases of Domestic Violence

During my round in a hospital during a few months back, presented to the Emergency Department an old, obviously religious...
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Cynthia Saghir

On Political Correctness: Why Making Fun of Trump Is Not Enough

Disclaimer: This article is in no way justifying or supporting any of President Donald J. Trump’s actions and practices. A variety of talk show hosts, political commentators, and comedy skits on shows like Saturday Night Live have seemingly made it a point to devote at least a couple of minutes...
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